LEXINGTON, Ky. – For the third straight season, USC Upstate volleyball garnered the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award—the highest team academic honor presented by the organization.
Maintaining a 3.68 cumulative GPA during the 2024-25 academic year, the Spartans captured their 12th AVCA Team Academic Award, earning the honor in consecutive seasons under head coach
Ali Skayhan—her teams have earned the honor in each of her seven seasons as a collegiate coach.
Overall, eight Spartans finished either the fall or spring semesters with a 4.0GPA with six completing the year maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Four Spartans,
Caroline Cleveland,
Julia Gladhill,
Savannah Page, and
Ady O'Grady, captured College Sports Communicators Academic All-District nods following the season while Gladhill and
Ali Jansen earned the prestigious Christenberry Award from the Big South Conference.
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